Bathing suit



A. SIMON BATHING SUIT Nov. 2, 1954 Filed Dec. 4. 1952 INVENTOR. ANNA SIMON C Q hfm Arrow/5Y5 United States Patent BATHING SUIT Anna Simon, Great Neck, N. Y. Application December 4, 1952, Serial No. 324,011 1 Claim. (Cl. 128-288) This invention relates to improvements in bathing suits and other garments for women and, more particularly, to a sanitary protector for the crotch of a womans bathing suit and the like.

It is an object of the instant invention to provide a concealed sanitary protector for the crotch of a womans bathing suit and other garment.

A further object is to lessen the work involved 1n laundering a womans bathing suit or other garment and to increase the life of such garments.

Other objects of the instant invention will become apparent in the course of the following specificatlon.

In the attainment of the aforesaid objectives, the samtary protector is constituted of a flexible receptacle attached to the inner surface of the bathing suit, pantie or other garment astride the crotch. In the outer surface of the receptacle and along the line of the crotch is a slit for the removable insertion of a sanitary napkin or the like.

The invention will appear more clearly from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings showing by way of example a preferred embodiment of the inventive concept.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the sanitary protector constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention;

Figure 2 is a side view of the sanitary protector shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is'a sectional view along 3-3 of Figure 1, but on an enlarged scale; and

Figure 4 is a view in part section of the sanitary protector shown in Figure 1 secured to the crotch of a bathing suit with the sanitary napkin protruding through a slit formed in the outer surface of the receptacle substantially along the line of the crotch.

Referring now in greater detail to the drawings where like reference numerals indicate like parts, reference numeral indicates the bathing suit, and 11 the sanitary protector for the crotch of the bathing suit.

The bathing suit 10 may be any of the known types.

The sanitary protector 11 is constituted of the sanitary napkin 12 and the receptacle 13 for the removable insertion of the napkin.

2,693,190 Patented Nov. 2, 1954 The sanitary napkin 12 is well known and is shaped and dimensioned for removable insertion in the following described receptacle 13.

The receptacle 13 is constituted in part of a bottom member 14 made from any suitable flexible and water resistant material and substantially of the shape shown in Figure 1. The receptacle 13 is further constituted of a top member in turn constituted of the fragmentary top members 15 and 16 which are superposed on the bottom member 14 with the fragmentary top members overlapping substantially in the center as most clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3. The superposed marginal edges of the fragmentary top and bottom members are fastened together by any suitable stitching 17 along corresponding edges with the overlapping edges of the fragmentary top members unfastened to create a slit 18 (Fig. 4) for the removable insertion of the previously mentioned sanitary napkin 12. The marginal edges of the sanitary receptacle 13 are attached by stitching or similar means to the inner surface of the bathing suit astride the crotch with the slit 18 (Fig. 4) formed by the unfastened overlapping edges of the fragmentary top members substantially along the line of the crotch.

The operation with the sanitary protector will be apparent from the preceding detailed description.

It will be appreciated that subject invention is in no way restricted to the particular embodiment described and illustrated and that modifications may be made therein within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

A sanitary protector for the crotch of a womans bathing suit and other garment, the protector comprising, in combination, a sanitary napkin and a receptacle for the napkin, said receptacle comprising a substantially flexible and water repellent bottom member, a substantially flexible and water repellent top member for said bottom member, said top member comprising two fragmentary top members superposed on said bottom member, said fragmentary top members substantially overlapping adjacent the center, means for securing together the corresponding superposed edges of said members with the overlapping edges of said fragmentary top members open for the removable insertion of the napkin, and means for securing the marginal edges of said members to the inner surface of the bathing suit with the overlapping edges of the fragmentary top members outwardly directed substantially along the line of the crotch.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,581,904 Burns Jan. 8, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 215,390 Switzerland June 30, 1941 

